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It’s Time To Question Everything

This whole dilemma has exposed a lot of things that are not acceptable in our community, in our province, in the world. It is time for smart people to question everything, and really see if we can extract as much significant change from the…

Readying And Steadying For Business Recovery

By Ian Chisholm This April, Douglas magazine reached out to Chiz for some wisdom around leading during the massively disruptive COVID-19 pandemic. With most businesses and non-profits finding their workflow, operations and sources of revenue…

Communicating Clearly Through a Crisis

“In a time of crisis, it’s very important to communicate authentically and responsibly. And right now, organizations are really conflicted as to what is the right thing.” COVID has thrown everybody a curveball. As an organizational leader,…

Making Some Meaning From COVID-19

By Ian Chisholm The last time I sensed such a global whisper of “what does this all mean?” was the afternoon of September 11, 2001. I say afternoon (not morning), because Anne-Marie and I were in Scotland at the time — four hours…
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You Can Win From Anywhere: What Golf Taught Me About Leadership

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive at the place we started and know that place for the first time. — T.S. Eliot I was reminded of this line from T.S. Eliot’s poem, Little Gidding, upon…

Lessons From My Time In The Public Service: Hard truths born of lived experience

I was standing at a podium in front of a room full of people. My stomach was churning, my heart was pounding and the survival part of my brain was focused on getting off that stage. I had been in my new role as Road Ahead Champion for about…

From Workaholic To Working Holistic: Ian Chisholm In Conversation

You’ve heard of Fuckup Nights? Of course you have. It’s vulnerable, it’s raw, it’s funny, it’s a gift of learning from someone else’s screw-ups. In Episode XLVII of Obstacle Course, our co-founder and president, Ian Chisholm,…

From Combat To Connection: Turning Conflict Into A Productive Force

We were sitting in our tiny rental car facing off with a herd of elephants. A herd of very large elephants. My 18-year-old daughter Sydney and I had only just crossed the border into Hluhulwe Imfolozi Game Reserve in South Africa when we…

Waking Up – And Showing Up

I had a tough wake-up call early in my leadership career. I guess it was about 20 years ago. Back then, in my mind I was bulletproof. I was unstoppable. I was amazing. All you had to do was ask me. I would have told you. But actually, I was…

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